Obama marches w/900 supporters, crowd chants no more Bush, Keyes no show!

[wndycty]

I just got back from the 75th Annual Bud Billiken parade. It was fantastic. I marched with the Kerry group and we were right behind the Obama group. There were about 50 Kerry supporters but 900 Obama supporters. Alan Keyes was supposed to participate, a Kerry supporter handed him a Kerry fan at the breakfast, but no one I talked to saw him on the parade route. This is Chicago's biggest parade, last year 1.2 million people attended. In addition to Obama's overwhelming presence, the Kerry group was greeted with chants of "NO MORE BUSH" throughout the parade route. So it would not be outrageous to say "Crowd of 1.2 million people chant 'No More Bush!' during Bud Billiken Parade."

A little Kerry/Obama synergy






Danny Davis leads the crowd in chants of no more Bush!


And the crowd responds


For more pics:
http://homepage.mac.com/wndycty/patriotsforprogress/PhotoAlbum40.html

[NMDemDist2]

1. sweet, thanks for posting n/t

[wndycty]

2. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful thing. . .

. . .:kick:

[w13rd0]

3. COOL!

Big thumbs up. Great pics...

[Skittles]

4. a beautiful crowd

I love seeing all the kids; thanks so much for posting these. :thumbsup:

[DaveSZ]

9. Neat

I like Obama because he can speak to people about complex issues in easy terms they can understand.

You will be blessed to have him as Senator.

[madrchsod]

5. people don`t realize just how

striking obama is untill you see him "up close and personal"..which you can actually do at the local stops.

[codegreen]

6. in the link, what's with that balloon man? is that supposed to be Cheney?

[wndycty]

8. No its a blow up of Steve Dahl. . .a local radio personality

:kick:

[codegreen]

10. oh cool weird

[proud patriot]

7. Woo Hoo Thanks so much for sharing

Put a huge smile on my face .

[Ilsa]

11. These are great pics, windycity!

Thanks for posting. Made my day!

[Ducks In A Row]

12. Wow!

amazing parada. great pictures.

two thumbs up. A big TEN!!!!!

[Cha]

13. Thanks for this...I'm sorry but Obama looks so

Cute!

He's just adorable with all that intellect and sensitivity going for him!

[mfritz]

14. Bud Billiken?

Please help me here - who's Bud Billiken, what's this parade all about.

You'll have to excuse my ignorance - I'm from New Jersey.

MF

[wndycty]

16. The Bud Billiken parade is a back to school parade sponsored by. . .

. . .the Chicago Defender (the nations oldest Black newspaper). Bud Billiken is a mythical character. It is one of the oldest and largest parades.

http://www.budbillikenparade.com/

[blondeatlast]

39. What a great idea--a back to school parade!

I think it's just wonderful!

Thanks for sharing the wonderful pics; really brightens my morning!

[kwolf68]

15. Is there any reason

We are even having this election? Other than the spirit of Democracy....Mr Obama is the next Senator from the Great State of Illinois.

What a wonderful representative. Now if we could just get Alan Page to get a Senate seat from Minnesota, although he may have judicial aspirations in mind.

[madrchsod]

22. why? to put the last shovel of dirt on

grover`s boys here in illinois. i know i`m voting for my local state rep-he`s a very moderate republican. we need to tell grover and his thugs to stay the fuck out of illinois....

[madfloridian]

17. Saw this at the blog about Keyes and his supporters. Interesting.

"Obama's contingent in the parade stretched about a block and a half long, as Barak led a group of at least 500 school kids. The crowd cheered. Signs were waved. It was great.

As I mentioned it is a very long parade, so I left after about two hours. As I was leaving, I spotted the Keyes group. They were at the back .....of the parade. He had three or four expensive cars and maybe 15 supporters, one of whom glowered at me as I walked by carrying my Obama sign. It was a fun and uplifting day."

Not my post, just saw it there. 4 expensive cars and just a few supporters.

[wndycty]

19. Hell that parade is so long that if Keyes was in fact in it. . .

. . .and at the end its as bad as a no show. . .LOL

[wndycty]

21. Also. . .

. . .before the parade started I talked to someone in the Obama campaign and they told me they had 900 supporters walking with him.

[dogman]

26. TV coverage cut off just as Keyes approached.

Obama's group was impressive. Seeing all of the Obama and Kerry signs in the crowd I had hoped to catch reaction, will have to watch the news later.

[madrchsod]

18. dahl a democrat?

i haven`t listened to him since he went fm..always enjoyed listening to him over the years...

[wndycty]

20. I know his wife is

:kick:

[dogman]

30. Last week he said he's an independent but Keyes is a nutjob.

That seems to be the standard response to Keyes except among the other nutjobs.

[wndycty]

31. I told both the Obama and Kerry people about the Sycamore Pumpkin parade

. . .hopefully both groups will make a strong showing in Hastert's backyard.

[dogman]

33. We also have a booth at the Sandwich Fair this year.

The Dems haven't had a showing there in my memory. Hastert has a tent every year. We need some of those fans to hand out.

[wndycty]

34. I know those were self financed. . .

. . .$$$ coming into Illinois is going to be sparse, but there is some talk about trying to get raise some local $$$ to pay for that type of stuff.

[dogman]

36. Yeah it looks like we're taken for granted again.

That's to be expected so we keep feeding the grassroots. We'll have to look at things and their cost, we're sharing with a couple of neighboring counties. Here are a couple of links you might look at.
http://www.dekalbcountydemocrats.com/REB/Barack_Obama_Rally.htm
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=150x1294

[wndycty]

37. I know, but it looks like the grassroots will get some support. . .

. . .not as much as we would like, but more than we might expect given the fact the Illinois is a blue state. We will however have to be creative.

[greatauntoftriplets]

23. Keyes was probably back in Maryland for the weekend.

Damned carpetbagger.

[never cry wolf]

24. Awesome pics!

Makes me proud to call Chicago my home town!

[wndycty]

25. ABC7 just showed Keyes getting booed

It was too funny.

[buycitgo]

29. hah! I was just about to print that NBC and ABC didn't show

anything about the Obama/Keyes deal

wish I'd seen it

[barb162]

27. totally great

and I like the part about Keyes getting handed the Kerry fan. Obama is too cool.

[WI_DEM]

28. Great report and pictures

Love the fact that Keyes was a no-show.

[wndycty]

32. Well I jumped the gun. . .he did show. . .

. . .but not strong.

[Toots]

35. Wow Great Post

We have the "Big Mo" no doubt about it.

[wndycty]

38. Kick

:kick: